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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (4 days ago)

Our readership continues to grow but none of this would’ve been possible without readers and donors. We need your support now more than ever, with the rise of the right, as progressives we must continue to fight back against regressive policies and ideas.

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LFF is closed over the Christmas holidays

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (4 days ago)

We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.

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NHS waiting lists increase by 400,000 after Rishi Sunak’s pledge to bring them down

Basit Mahmood
11 January, 2024

“He can’t pull the wool over people’s eyes by claiming it’s down to strike action. Patients, staff and the public deserve better.”

Sunak
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Voters prefer spending on public services over tax cuts, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
11 January, 2024

Sunak has placed a greater emphasis on cutting taxes, which shows just how out of touch the Tories are with the demands of the rest of the country. 

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Tory MP identifies bizarre ‘brilliant Brexit bonus’ which leaves people in disbelief

Basit Mahmood
11 January, 2024

“They’re now parodying themselves…”

A Na'amod protest against the Anti-Boycott Bill. Activists have dropped a banner reading "Bad for Jews, Bad for Palestinians, Bad for Democracy. British Jews say stop the boycott bill"
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10 January, 2024

Find out how your MP voted

PMQs
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Basit Mahmood
10 January, 2024

“No matter how many relaunches and flip-flops he does, he will always be Mr Nobody.”

Rishi Sunak
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Sunak under pressure after Fujitsu won contracts on his watch despite Post Office scandal

Basit Mahmood
10 January, 2024

Fujitsu was awarded billions of pounds worth of contracts under his watch, even after the company’s software was found to be at fault in the Post Office scandal.

Keir Starmer
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Labour increases huge poll lead over the Conservatives

Basit Mahmood
10 January, 2024

Sunak’s multiple resets are clearly not working, nor are his attempts to portray himself as the ‘change candidate’.

Paula Vennells
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Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to hand back her CBE

Basit Mahmood
9 January, 2024

Her decision comes after a petition demanding that she be stripped of her CBE over the Horizon scandal, which saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for false accounting, theft and fraud, reached more than 1 million signatures.

Sadiq Khan
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Sadiq Khan praised for rolling out free school meals for all primary pupils in London for another year

Basit Mahmood
9 January, 2024

The move will save families up to £1,000 per child over the two-year period, according to analysis by City Hall.

Brexit and EU
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A million undecided voters believe Brexit has failed and want Labour to pursue closer ties to the EU

Basit Mahmood
9 January, 2024

In all but one constituency in the UK, more voters said they wanted Keir Starmer to seek a closer UK-EU relationship

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